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The TV celebrity will play Miss Hannigan for the national tour of the well-loved musical’s New York City run.
Nov. 6, 2024: Whoopi Goldberg on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’ Whoopi Goldberg is prepared to return to the stage!
The 69-year-old actress and TV personality is making her eagerly awaited stage comeback as the notorious Miss Hannigan during the Annie national tour’s run in New York City.
December 11 marks the start of Goldberg’s role in the show. The limited engagement will begin at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on December 4 and run through January 5, 2024, before making stops in Baltimore, Indianapolis, San Francisco, and other cities.
Despite having made her Broadway debut in her namesake one-woman show more than 40 years ago, Goldberg says she is out of practice in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE ahead of the play’s Big Apple opening.
Her words, “I’m rusty, trust me,” “I won’t be as rusty when you see me, but the old bones are creaking as I move.”
Hazel Vogel and Whoopie Goldberg from MSG Entertainment Holdings during a picture session for “Annie.”
‘Annie’ photo shoot featuring Whoopie Goldberg and Hazel Vogel
One of the most adored musicals ever is Annie. The plot, which is based on Harold Gray’s 1924 comic Little Orphan Annie, follows a young orphan as she encounters wealthy Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks and sets out to discover her parents.
Thomas Meehan, the author of the novel, adapted it for the stage, and Martin Charnin wrote the lyrics and Charles Strouse composed the music. The Broadway version of Annie debuted in 1977 and continued for six years. It has been brought back to the boards twice, most recently in 2012, when Jane Lynch and Katie Finneran played Miss Hannigan.
A number of film adaptations of the musical have also been made, starting with the 1982 version that starred Carol Burnett as Miss Hannigan and included Tim Curry, Ann Reinking, Albert Finney, and Bernadette Peters. Also, an all-star cast, including Kathy Bates’s Miss Hannigan, starred in a 1999 television film. Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Audra McDonald, and Victor Garber also starred in the film.
For the first time, a Black actress portrayed Annie on cinema when she made a comeback in 2014 with Quvenzhané Wallis in the major role. This time, Cameron Diaz costarred with Bobby Cannavale, Rose Byrne, and Jamie Foxx as Miss Hannigan.
On July 20, 2024, in California, Whoopi Goldberg during the Key to West Hollywood Ceremony
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Jenn Thompson, a former cast member of Broadway, is the director of this production.
